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no griping

I’ve been noticing some things w my kids that are somewhat eye opening. When I ask them to do something, like the pick up the things they were playing with or clean their rooms, etc, they can sometimes tend to have 1 of 2 reactions: complain or argue. Both of these reactions are becoming very annoying & probably reflect some bad parenting shortcomings on my part. With that being said, the whole complain or argue strategy has started me thinking about how I react to God’s directives in my life.

There are times that I know that God is asking me to do something & I have some “creative answers” that include: I don’t have time, I don’t want to do that, why do I have to do this? that’s a really big sacrifice, I’m not smart enough to do that, I’m too busy doing the other things You told me to do, . . . . .

Some of the ways that my kids respond to me have really started me thinking about how I respond to my heavenly Father. I always want my kids to respond with respect, honor, hard work, no complaining or arguing, etc. I think my heavenly Father would like me to treat His requests in the same way – what great opportunities to grow! 🙂